I have found the teeth to make no difference. the anodizing on the reverso3 makes the device extra slippery, especially on newer ropes. I do notice that when belaying a second, the BD version and the reverso when clipped in to the anchor are oriented perpendicular to each other, not sure which is better, since I only have the one. I prefer chicken ramen noodles over the beef.

I have found the teeth to make no difference. the anodizing on the reverso3 makes the device extra slippery, especially on newer ropes. I do notice that when belaying a second, the BD version and the reverso when clipped in to the anchor are oriented perpendicular to each other, not sure which is better, since I only have the one. I prefer chicken ramen noodles over the beef.

My wife is way too light, I have to feed the rope when I lower her or other lighter people. I have purposely avoided devices with teeth for this reason, itís completely unnecessary unless you have no grip strength or a limp wrist. I even went out and bought the fattest locker I could find to make it run smoother and it helped but not enough. If you want or need teeth fine I just wish there was an option without.

Oh I see what youíre saying. Yeah I could do that for regular belay but I also donít like the amount of friction in the autoblock mode. Maybe Iím just bitching about something that doesnít matter but personally I really donít like it and would rather think about other things like eating or enjoying the scenery then fighting with my belay device when Iím three four pitches up. Iíve only used it in autoblock mode a couple of times so far and really donít like the resistance compared to my original reverso but thatís too worn out now and I donít think they sell them anymore. Maybe Iíll just make my own (donít tell my wife I just said that, I told her today I wanted to make my own skis, sheís ok with the craziness so far but I donít want to push it).

I have found the teeth to make no difference. the anodizing on the reverso3 makes the device extra slippery, especially on newer ropes. I do notice that when belaying a second, the BD version and the reverso when clipped in to the anchor are oriented perpendicular to each other, not sure which is better, since I only have the one. I prefer chicken ramen noodles over the beef.

My wife is way too light, I have to feed the rope when I lower her or other lighter people. I have purposely avoided devices with teeth for this reason, itís completely unnecessary unless you have no grip strength or a limp wrist. I even went out and bought the fattest locker I could find to make it run smoother and it helped but not enough. If you want or need teeth fine I just wish there was an option without.

So you're saying that you should be using it on the low friction side and your wife should use it on the high friction side?

Oh I see what youíre saying. Yeah I could do that for regular belay but I also donít like the amount of friction in the autoblock mode. Maybe Iím just bitching about something that doesnít matter but personally I really donít like it and would rather think about other things like eating or enjoying the scenery then fighting with my belay device when Iím three four pitches up. Iíve only used it in autoblock mode a couple of times so far and really donít like the resistance compared to my original reverso but thatís too worn out now and I donít think they sell them anymore. Maybe Iíll just make my own (donít tell my wife I just said that, I told her today I wanted to make my own skis, sheís ok with the craziness so far but I donít want to push it).

Too much friction in auto-block mode? The whole point is that the rope won't move....it's blocked.

I bought the Reverso3, but i like the ATC guide better. What do you guys think?

I think that yellow is a nice color, and I think my truck needs a camper shell, but not as badly as I need a real job.

I think that I love my camper shell on my truck, and if you get one, you won't need a real job because you won't need to pay rent as often. I think yellow is a colour for nancy boys and small children.

I've used both and I think each has its own merits. When belaying the second in autoblock mode, you can clip a Petzl Spirit biner through the hole on the bottom of the Reverso if you need to and use that to lower out/give slack. The hole is there on the BD, but you have to tie cord to it to get a biner through.

It is hard to belay up two seconds using fat ropes with the Reverso. I've heard it's easier with the BD but haven't used it for that purpose so I don't know.

It is hard to belay up two seconds using fat ropes with the Reverso. I've heard it's easier with the BD but haven't used it for that purpose so I don't know.

yes, and it's easy enough to just loops a skinny sling or cord through the hole in the guide. if yu are lowering your second that much get a cinch (my favorite singe rope belay device after the guide) or a grigri